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I'm having a bit of a dispute with the medical centre that I go to. They seem to forget that I have severe anxiety which means I cannot keep going into the surgery because it makes both my anxiety and FM worse then I'm ill for days, I also cannot swallow meds properly due to swallowing problems. My FM is under minor and yet I'm in pain from head to toe on a daily basis. When I have been in about an issue I had (swelling in my rib) the GP said it was a flare up! So what's the point in me forcing myself to go back and making myself ill when I don't get any help, plus she stated I don't like painkillers, neither myself or my son recall me saying that I said something like "painkillers don't help fibro do they?" and she said no.. *sigh*.
Anyway, I've had a letter from the APM after me asking a few questions that I sent via letter with my Son and this is part of the response. I'm wondering if what the GP is saying is correct? and if it is how the heck am I meant to get them to take my FM seriously when I can't get into the surgery

Anyway, I've had a letter from the APM after me asking a few questions that I sent via letter with my Son and this is part of the response. I'm wondering if what the GP is saying is correct? and if it is how the heck am I meant to get them to take my FM seriously when I can't get into the surgery


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I can't go to the one my previous GP is now at, the practice manager said I was too far out
I've been looking at the QOF site, I don't know if it's a site I can compare surgeries on? but if it is, the one I'm with only had 78%....
Well, the other medical centres here have got around 90% up, the highest one being 99.1%.
On the CQC site they got good, they got outstanding for two of them. Caring was one of them, I've yet to see it.
I had a GP I preferred to go to previously, I saw her more or less all of the time unless she was on maternity leave or I had to see a different GP about my gout because my previous GP admitted she didn't really know about gout.
I've since moved surgery and so has she, I did try and contact the surgery that she is now with, it's not that far really but the practice manager said I'm too far out of the catchment area
I'm hoping the APM got my email, there were attachments on it (list of health problems, mental health question, two sleep clinic letters, a gastro letter and a letter to the APM) and I think some email systems can be funny with attachments? So I'll get my Son to email on Monday and ask if she got it, plus I would like my appointment changed to a phone consultation if possible.